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Transfer = Slowdown?

How would you transfer?

  • Migration Assistant

    Votes: 2 14.3%

  • Time Machine Backup

    Votes: 8 57.1%

  • Other Method

    Votes: 4 28.6%
  • Total voters
    14
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Hntjohns

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Jun 23, 2010
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So it seems that after a few months our computers, yes even our macs, slow down a bit.

I just purchased a new macbook pro and am wondering on the best route to take as I transfer files from my old macbook to the new pro.

I'ver read about doing it from a TimeMachine backup as well as just using the migration assistant. But, will moving my files slow down my new computer and make it act like an "old computer" since it will have basically all of the old files?

What would you do?
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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May 16, 2008
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Regardless of the method you choose, transferring files from one computer to another does not affect computer performance at all, unless you run out of disk space. I've been running on the same Mac for over 2 1/2 years and it still performs as well as day one.
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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gothamm said:
Great thread. I am in the same position, and would love more insight on this.
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What more insight do you need? Your computer performance is not impacted by what you have stored on your hard drive. As long as you have sufficient space for paging needs, it doesn't matter.
 
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miata

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Oct 22, 2010
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Silicon Valley, Earth
Am I missing something here? Regardless of whether or not you use Time Machine don't you have to use Migration Assistant? At least that is what I remembered when I needed to recover from my last HDD crash. I ran migration assistant which asked me if I have a Time Machine backup, and then proceded to do the migration after a few more choices in the migration assistant.
 
GGJstudios

GGJstudios

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May 16, 2008
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miata said:
Am I missing something here? Regardless of whether or not you use Time Machine don't you have to use Migration Assistant?
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No, you don't have to use either. There are many methods you can use. You can network and simply drag and drop files. Or you can use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone a drive and restore on another drive. There are many methods of transferring files from one computer to another. I've never used Time Machine or Migration Assistant, and I've transferred files between Macs and PCs for years without problems.
 
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miata

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Oct 22, 2010
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Silicon Valley, Earth
GGJstudios said:
No, you don't have to use either. There are many methods you can use. You can network and simply drag and drop files. Or you can use Carbon Copy Cloner to clone a drive and restore on another drive. There are many methods of transferring files from one computer to another. I've never used Time Machine or Migration Assistant, and I've transferred files between Macs and PCs for years without problems.
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I'm aware of the other methods and have used them all on occasion.

I'm just not aware of a way to use Time Machine to create a new system without Migration Assistant. How does that work?
 
spinnerlys

spinnerlys

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Sep 7, 2008
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miata said:
One more question here. Will this also work if you are upgrading to a new model MacBook Pro from an older model's Time Machine backup?
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That depends on what system the TM backup contains and what the system on the new Mac is, as you can't install an older Mac OS X version than the one that came with the Mac (no 10.6.3 on a Mac, that came with 10.6.4).

I haven't done that though, thus I'm not sure if it would work.

Maybe this can help: Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions
 
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miata

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Oct 22, 2010
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spinnerlys said:
That depends on what system the TM backup contains and what the system on the new Mac is, as you can't install an older Mac OS X version than the one that came with the Mac (no 10.6.3 on a Mac, that came with 10.6.4).

I haven't done that though, thus I'm not sure if it would work.

Maybe this can help: Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions
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I would make sure that I had the latest version, so that woud not be an issue. I didn't realize that that boot disk from systems that are two years apart would still work.
 
spinnerlys

spinnerlys

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miata said:
I didn't realize that that boot disk from systems that are two years apart would still work.
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Where does this come from?

If you meant the grey Restore DVDs with "boot disks", then they are model specific, thus you can't use a Restore DVD from a MacBook Pro 5,2 with a MacBook Pro 5,1 and vice versa.
 
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miata

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Oct 22, 2010
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Silicon Valley, Earth
spinnerlys said:
Where does this come from?

If you meant the grey Restore DVDs with "boot disks", then they are model specific, thus you can't use a Restore DVD from a MacBook Pro 5,2 with a MacBook Pro 5,1 and vice versa.
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I was referring to the installed system disk. I didn't realize that such a boot disk (HDD) from an older system would be able to boot a 2 year later system. I assumed that a bunch of new drivers would be required even if I updated to the latest version from my old mac.
 
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